diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2721d1f89..7067cb281 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -658,33 +658,33 @@ AC_SUBST(USE_WXWINDOWS)
 dnl
 dnl Which translations should be installed?
 dnl
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettext, gettext_found=yes, gettext_found=no)
-  if test x"$gettext_found" != xyes ; then
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, gettext,
-                 [ LIBINTL_LIBS="-lintl";
-                   gettext_found=yes ], gettext_found=no)
-  fi
-  if test x"$gettext_found" = xyes ; then
-    AC_CHECK_HEADERS(libintl.h, libintl_h_found=yes, libintl_h_found=no)
-    if test x"$libintl_h_found" = xyes ; then
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING(the translations to install)
-      if test x"$LINGUAS" = x ; then
-        TRANSLATIONS_POS="`echo po/*.po`"
-      else
-        for i in $LINGUAS; do
-          if test -f "po/$i.po" ; then
-            TRANSLATIONS_POS="$TRANSLATIONS_POS po/$i.po"
-          fi
-        done
-      fi
-      TRANSLATIONS="`echo "$TRANSLATIONS_POS" | \
-        sed -e 's/po\///g' -e 's/\.po//g'`"
-      AC_MSG_RESULT($TRANSLATIONS)
-    fi
-    opt_features_yes="$opt_features_yes; translations (gettext)"
-  else
-    opt_features_no="$opt_features_yes; translations (gettext)"
-  fi
+dnl   AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gettext, gettext_found=yes, gettext_found=no)
+dnl   if test x"$gettext_found" != xyes ; then
+dnl     AC_CHECK_LIB(intl, gettext,
+dnl                  [ LIBINTL_LIBS="-lintl";
+dnl                    gettext_found=yes ], gettext_found=no)
+dnl   fi
+dnl   if test x"$gettext_found" = xyes ; then
+dnl     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(libintl.h, libintl_h_found=yes, libintl_h_found=no)
+dnl     if test x"$libintl_h_found" = xyes ; then
+dnl       AC_MSG_CHECKING(the translations to install)
+dnl       if test x"$LINGUAS" = x ; then
+dnl         TRANSLATIONS_POS="`echo po/*.po`"
+dnl       else
+dnl         for i in $LINGUAS; do
+dnl           if test -f "po/$i.po" ; then
+dnl             TRANSLATIONS_POS="$TRANSLATIONS_POS po/$i.po"
+dnl           fi
+dnl         done
+dnl       fi
+dnl       TRANSLATIONS="`echo "$TRANSLATIONS_POS" | \
+dnl         sed -e 's/po\///g' -e 's/\.po//g'`"
+dnl       AC_MSG_RESULT($TRANSLATIONS)
+dnl     fi
+dnl     opt_features_yes="$opt_features_yes; translations (gettext)"
+dnl   else
+dnl     opt_features_no="$opt_features_yes; translations (gettext)"
+dnl   fi
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBINTL_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(TRANSLATIONS_POS)